Michael Windelspecht 700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative National Geographic - Michael GreshkoSomeone butchered a rhinoceros in the Philippines hundreds of thousands of years before modern humans arrived—but who? Stone tools found in the Philippines predate the arrival of modern humans to the by...
Michael Windelspecht Ravens Are Evolving, and Not in the Way You'd Expect National Geographic - Jason BittelInstead of branching into new species, raven groups experienced something called "speciation reversal." A new study shows that the common raven is anything but commonplace in its evolution. Using DNA taken...
Michael WindelspechtNeanderthals Humans Were Not Smarter Than Neanderthals, We Simply Outlasted Them verified_publisherScienceAlert - SARAH KAPLAN By the standards of the Paleolithic age, members of Homo neanderthalensis were the height of sophistication. These ancient hominins ranged across …
Michael Windelspecht Sex, disease, and extinction: what ancient DNA tells us about humans and Neanderthals verified_publisherThe Verge - Rachel BeckerTwo new genetic analyses help explain the unexpected roles Neanderthals play in modern human life — influencing everything from hair color to mental health. The new research also adds to evidence that...
